GH is "Graceless Heretics"(tm)... I'm not sure who started that phrase but it's stuck as a joke.

Thank you for the offer of a river baptism...I'm not sure if the Potomac, the Ohio or the Allegheny are, shall we say, ideal. Don't want to give the baptisands water-bourn illness, or knocked out by floating branches or pulled by an undertow.... sets the wrong tone for the occaision. ('sides, I still reckon that I was thoroughly baptized nearly 48 years ago... sorry. )

Ebor

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"I wish they would remember that the charge to Peter was "Feed my sheep", not "Try experiments on my rats", or even "Teach my performing dogs new tricks". - C. S. Lewis

NYC is not going to be the place summerfest is held. TOOOOOO expensive, Bobby realized. We will let you all know what's going on soon as right now we can't talk about it as Bobby and I are overly busy.

NYC is not going to be the place summerfest is held. TOOOOOO expensive, Bobby realized. We will let you all know what's going on soon as right now we can't talk about it as Bobby and I are overly busy.

anastasios

What, are we in Florida or something? Why can't our vote be heard? The people have spoken!!

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"When you give food to the poor, they call you a saint. When you ask why the poor have no food, they call you a communist". - Archbishop Hélder Pessoa Câmara

Well, seeing as I'll be off of school in the summer and my house is only about an hour from the 'Burgh, you can guess where I wouldn't mind having it held.There's something you guys are forgetting. If I remember correctly, Pittsburgh is a cathedral city (or whatever the term is in the East - I'm still new to this) for at least two jurisdictions: GOA (yay, Bishop MAXIMOS!) and Serbian (still not sure of the Bishop for them. I should ask one of my friends).And thank you very much for the offer, but this catechumen does not want to be baptised in any of the Three Rivers. Too much of a health hazard, not to mention the undertow, the random debris, the trash, the dead bodies (j/k!), and the rather large catfish. Of course, this assumes that I would need to be baptised again. I'm still a little iffy on that point, as in "I honestly have no clue".Well, enough rambling. My vote is for Pittsburgh.And seriously. Why is NY in the lead? I love the city, but it is waaaaay too expensive.

"Rule 20 for buffalo chip tossing contest states, 'Gloves are discouraged. Persons using gloves will be labeled ‘sissy’ and may be penalized at the discretion of the judges and subject to ridicule by the crowd and contestants.' "

There's something you guys are forgetting. If I remember correctly, Pittsburgh is a cathedral city (or whatever the term is in the East - I'm still new to this) for at least two jurisdictions: GOA (yay, Bishop MAXIMOS!) and Serbian (still not sure of the Bishop for them. I should ask one of my friends).

Dear Light from the East,

Christ is Risen!

Well, I am not forgetting that 4 Orthodox bishops reside in Pittsburgh. They being KYRILL of the OCA, MAXIMOS of the GOA, CONSTANTINE of the UOC-EP and MITROFAN of the Serbian Church.

However, how does that impact our choice?

TonyS

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Tómame como al tequila, de un golpe y sin pensarlo. - Ricardo Arjona

I'd be a fool to surrender when I know I can be a contender and if everbody's a sinner then everybody can be a winner ...I'll see you when yo

"Rule 20 for buffalo chip tossing contest states, 'Gloves are discouraged. Persons using gloves will be labeled ‘sissy’ and may be penalized at the discretion of the judges and subject to ridicule by the crowd and contestants.' "

Man, that could be fun!

When I was a kid, my friends and I used to toss cow pies and horse turds at each other.

The road apples were the best. They break open upon impact, releasing a wet and smelly inner core.

Best to duck or seek cover.

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The first condition of salvation is to keep the norm of the true faith and in no way to deviate from the established doctrine of the Fathers.- Pope St. Hormisdas

Rotting tomatos & rotting apples. :-D Closest I got to cowchips is pushing a friend of mine into some fresh cow dung as we cut across a field.

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Now where were we? Oh yeah - the important thing was I had an onion on my belt, which was the style at the time. They didnÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã¢â€žÂ¢t have white onions because of the war. The only thing you could get was those big yellow ones...

Well, I am not forgetting that 4 Orthodox bishops reside in Pittsburgh. They being KYRILL of the OCA, MAXIMOS of the GOA, CONSTANTINE of the UOC-EP and MITROFAN of the Serbian Church.

However, how does that impact our choice?

Ya know, that's a really good question. I think it was somewhere in the neigborhood of 1:30 or 2:00 a.m. when I wrote that, so coherency was not a primary concern of mine. Regardless, my vote stands for the 'Burgh. It's really about the only place that I have the remotest possibility of getting to on what little money I have.

Ya know, that's a really good question. I think it was somewhere in the neigborhood of 1:30 or 2:00 a.m. when I wrote that, so coherency was not a primary concern of mine. Regardless, my vote stands for the 'Burgh. It's really about the only place that I have the remotest possibility of getting to on what little money I have.

10-4.

I'm not going to NYC, which, of course, may actually inspire some to vote for that city.

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The first condition of salvation is to keep the norm of the true faith and in no way to deviate from the established doctrine of the Fathers.- Pope St. Hormisdas

Now where were we? Oh yeah - the important thing was I had an onion on my belt, which was the style at the time. They didnÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã¢â€žÂ¢t have white onions because of the war. The only thing you could get was those big yellow ones...

Mor Ephrem is a nice guy. Just say sorry and it will all be ok. Say I had things that were inside troubling me but I didn't know how to express appropriately. I will not behave that way again but I am seeking help.